Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-03
persons and particulars.

Halle Kinney is confined to his bed
with catarrhal fever
Miss Flora Brown, of Galena, is visit
ing friends in this city.
The date of the Boscobel Farmers
Institute is January q and %.
John Galloway, of Montfort, killed a
hog recently that dressed 635 pounds.
Editor McKenney and Jesse Brooks
and ladies drove over from Bloomington
Friday.
Phile Stevens, of this city, started last
Friday for Woonsocket, Dakota, for a
short visit.
This is good weather for ice-gather-
ing. The blocks are fifteen inches
thick and very clear.
Miss Jennie Bell, of Platteville, has
been visiting Miss Carrie Nathan and
other friends in this city.
Chas. Basford received New Years
present from OFT Stevens, of Dakota. 1t
was Jack rabbit-dead
Miss Halbert, from Marshalltown, Ia,
is visiting the family of her grand-par-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Halbert
The iron-ore prospect" in Crawford
county seems to be attracting consider
able attention in our exchanges at
present.
Ed. Schreiner, George and Charles
Baxter, Fred Meyer and Miss Mamie
Book will return to the Madison Uni
versity next Wednesday.
Mrs. Bailie and her granddaughter, of
Platteville, spent the holidays with Mrs.
w. +. McGonigal. They returned
home Saturday afternoon.
John S. Wright raffled off fine
music box last Friday night. Henry
Naumunn, at Joe Nathan's meat mar
ket, held the lucky number.
MIR. and Mrs. John Monteith, of Fen
nimore, and John Dinsdale, of Preston,
spent their Christmas with the Rev. Mr..
and Mrs. Dinsdale, at Linden.
George Hoffman, who formerly work.
ed at carpentering for the Sherman
Bros. here, was recently married at
Sioux Falls, OAK, to Miss Ollie Giles
pie.
Miss Cora A. Birdsall, who has re-
Gently graduated at the Bryant college,
at Chicago, has obtained position as
stenographer with Hon. ID. Wilson, of
Boscobel.
Mr.. Schuyler Pu!ford, an instructor
in the Racine Episcopal college, and his
brother Decatur, student in the same
institution, are spending their vacation
with their parents here.
Life is q farce, the old masters said:
to dye every day and yet not be dead,
they doubtless referred-Oh, piel Oh,
dye! Goodbye. good bye! with five
dollar drapery over thine eye,
Tax-Collector Woodhouse has re-
ceived thus far something over $4,000
tax money. To begin with there were
SIG, 500 to collect. There will be no
extension given tax payers after this
week.
Misses Florence Hill and Emma
Schreiner, who have good positions as
teachers in Milwaukee, left for that city
Friday morning. Miss Schreiner
stopped at jefferson to visit her sister a
few days.
John Howe, VIII Richards, Val
Rothschilds and Mr.. Tomlinson, all
commercial tourists, are spending their
holiday vacation at their homes in
Lancaster. Mr.. Howe will be at home
all this months
The Misses Thomas, daughters Of
merchant G. Il. Thomas, gave young
peoples party at their home New
Years Eve. The event was enjoyed
by all present, as theyoung ladies know
how to entertain.
The Prairie du Chen Courier says:
DR. Conant drove 20 miles with a horse
and cutter tosyisit sick patient on last
Monday, and the thermometer was 81
degrees below zero. The doctor is a
humanitarian in the strict sense of the
word
G.. w. Smiths little hoy l. he,ter